Aaron Swartz, 24, of Cambridge, a fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Ethics, allegedly stole 4.8 million documents from the MIT computer network that he hacked into the network to get them in order to distribute the documents on file sharing websites. Swartz was charged with wire fraud and other crimes at Tuesday's arraignment and could face up to 35 years in prison. The alleged hacking of the not-for-profit JSTOR archive of scientific journals and academic work took place between September of 2010 and January 2011 in a computer wiring closet. He was released on a $100,000 unsecured bond. [WCVB]
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Four decades after banning the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) over the Vietnam War, Harvard University will recognize the Navy ROTC program and welcome it back to campus today after a ceremony at Loeb House with Secretary Ray Mabus. The ROTC is back after the military's "don't ask don't tell" policy that banned gays and lesbians from serving openly was repealed.
One result of the repeal by Congress of the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy could be that Harvard University will finally welcome a formal ROTC program back to campus after four decades. Earlier this year, Harvard University President Drew G. Faust squared off with Senator Scott Brown on this exact issue. In September, Faust said the ROTC ban wouldn't end until the DADT policy ends. Brown responded with the usual Harvard/elitist response. Other colleges face a similar decision.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice didn't go to Harvard University but she is going to Harvard University. Rice, secretary of state from 2005-2009, is giving a series of lectures at Harvard starting on Tuesday. She'll talk about American foreign policy and the black experience Tuesday, and will also give foreign policy lectures Wednesday and Thursday in Cambridge through the school's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics and JFK Jr. Forum. She has a book out called "Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me."
College students are drawn to cheap, potent booze. Bostonist is shocked. Shocked!
On Wednesday, Harvard University President Drew G. Faust threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park. Her toss was high and outside.
A former Harvard student with the unlikely name of Forrest N. Blackwelder-Baggett allegedly found himself in the grip of restaurant owner Sean Gharibi, begging to be released after allegedly holding him up at gunpoint in Cedar Park, Texas last month. Blackwelder-Baggett was expelled from the school after his "Dionysian" personality led him to threaten a bunch of kids who didn't want to room with him with physical violence. His alleged robbery career, while as unsuccessful as his career at Harvard, might have been just as costly. He is being held on $50,000 bond. [Harvard Crimson]
The idea of going to Harvard University is appealing. Bostonist can admit that. Earning a coveted slot in the class of 2014 is more competitive than ever. Harvard received a record 30,489 applications and accepted 2,110 students, an admission rate of 6.9%. For reference, the University of Pennsylvania accepted 3,830 students from 26,938 applications, or 14.2%.
It isn't quite time for Anime Boston—that's April 2-4—but you can whet your appetite for nerds doing nerdly things this weekend at Vericon X, Harvard's annual shot at nerding up. The festival is sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, which might be the only science fiction group to host its own pretend fox hunt. Ah, Harvard.
Just five months ago, Ashley Judd's enrollment at Harvard University was a poorly kept secret. Now, we're in a new decade, with a Republican Senator and Judd is babbling willy nilly on the Joy Behar Show, not to mention toRedbook, about going to Harvard. The Track said Judd told Redbook she is living in Cambridge with husband/Scottish race car driver Dario Franchitti. She also talked hair, water and Haiti with Behar.
Comedians Back of the Class present a short commercial touting what the school has to offer graduates from "exclusive prep schools." Apparently, the school leads to a number of amazing careers including "Nobel Prize winning physicist," "retired millionaire," and "Unabomber." [via
- Senator John Kerry included a $20 million earmark in a Defense Department bill to fund the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. [Boston Globe]
- Martha Coakley spent lots of cash gearing up for a Senate bid even before there was an open seat to run for. [Boston Herald]
Harvard University has produced more billionaires than any other American university, according to Forbes. Anyone with a degree from University of Phoenix could have determined that. Forbes says 54 Harvard graduates need three commas to list their net worth. This translates to 5% of the world's billionaires. Ironically, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and became the richest man in the world anyway. Stanford is second with 27 billionaires and Penn third with 18. MIT has produced 11 billionaires.
Ashley Judd will probably never forgive us for saying she is currently enrolled at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration program. Bostonist knows she's there because the Harvard Crimson and the Boston Herald told us so weeks ago.
Could the Bay State be turning into a mecca for people focused on fashion? Probably not. However, Massachusetts is getting some fashion buzz this week.
The Herald reported today that Michelle Obama shops at Hingham-based Talbots. She wore three Talbots dresses at three recent official events. This has caused quite a bit of interest in the specific items Obama wore. Image the chaos that would unfold in the 02043 if people couldn't get the Obamapparel. That may be why the Hingham Police recently purchased a small arsenal of M4 semiautomatic rifles.
-- According to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone, the third of three suspects in the murder of Justin Cosby, 21, of Cambridge was apprehended yesterday in New York. Jason Aquino, 23, of Manhattan was arrested for first-degree murder, armed robbery and other charges relating to the May murder of Cosby at Harvard University. [Herald]
The charges against Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be dropped. Gates, the director of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, was arrested at his Cambridge home on Thursday. The Cambridge Chronicle recapped the media attention the arrest got. Someone even is selling a t-shirt inspired by the incident.
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his home Thursday by Cambridge Police after officers responded to a call from a woman who saw a man trying to "pry" open the front door of Gates's house. According to the police report, Gates initially refused to identify himself but eventually provided his Harvard identification card. The report alleges Gates was yelling during the incident and accused the officer of racism and said he "wasn't someone to mess with." Gates is the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard. A spokesman for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. told the Globe that Gates is scheduled to be arraigned on August 26.
- If your business is struggling this month, just look out the window to get the reason for it. [Boston Globe]
--The Greater Boston Food Bank needs your help. [Boston Globe, Greater Boston Food Bank]
--Logan Airport is going greener by buying renewable energy credits, right in time for Earth Day. [Boston Globe]
--Thanks to the recession we're not in, teens will have fewer summer jobs. And bored teens sometimes become restless teens whom no one wants in their yards. [Boston Globe]
--So, Hazmat teams are supposed to be super-serious and careful. But we love the fact that they use a kiddie pool. [Image from Sandcastlematt]
--Bye-bye, Filene. The legendary store saw some "major destruction" today. [More photos at On Common Ground]
--Bechtel, Parsons & Brinckerhoff still keeps this city on a tight leash. They received $5.3 million after the Big Dig was supposedly finished. [Boston Herald]